341, Lot: 254. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phriapatios to Mithradates I. Circa 185-132 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 3.96 g, 12h). Nisa mint. Head left, wearing bashlyk and earring, within pelleted border / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow; N below bow. Sellwood (Mithradates I) 10.5; Sunrise –; Shore –. VF, dark find patina, a few flan flaws on obverse, some cleaning scratches. Very rare.

From the David Sellwood Collection.